This stunning 1800s Greek revival colonial is a mini-estate property with an exceptional attached horse barn and a private in-ground pool. Large-scale rooms with high ceilings and crown moldings are throughout with gleaming hardwood floors and over-sized windows. The center entry hall has a wood-burning fireplace and sweeping staircase, providing access to the formal living room, breakfast room and den. Large eat-in kitchen comes with a butler’s pantry, laundry room and second staircase. There's a vintage cabana with a hand-painted floor that leads out to the pool area and backyard. Two additional upper levels provide large-scale bedrooms and baths. This home has been highly maintained with recently updated gas boiler, new roof on the barn and main house. There’s new interior paint.

A gorgeous Greek revival colonial at 59 Belknap Road has just come on the market on a lovely country road in Framingham. Its rooms are formal and well proportioned. The house was built in 1821 on the north side of the road, while the south side remained open farmland until the second quarter of the 20th century.

The white house is made of wood clapboards and has 10 over-sized windows on the front side, three dormer windows and a deck on the right side, first level. The shutters are black. There’s a dark red barn with two black doors that can be entered by a vehicle, and two windows on the front. The barn can be used for keeping two horses on the property. The house is surrounded by tall trees and showcases a beautiful backyard with an in-ground heated gunite swimming pool.

“It’s an exquisite example of Greek revival architecture with some tasteful additions,” the owner said. “You can have a grand party here and also feel relaxed, right at home. With a dining room that is very bright and looks out on the pool, you feel like you’re on vacation every time you eat here. The property goes into the woods and abuts conservation land that belongs to the Sudbury Valley Trustees. They permit no building but quiet walks are allowed in the woods.

“In February 1776, the Revolutionary Army stayed next door overnight on their way to the Battle of Dorchester. John Adams came to review the troops. The house was built in 1821 as a wedding gift by the father of Susan Belknap. It was for her and her husband, Ichabod Gaines, the local tavern owner. And they lived here.”

The house has 4,470 square feet on 1.78 acres of property, which is being marketed by Realtor David Ferrini of William Raveis Real Estate in Framingham for $975,000.

The front entrance and vestibule are on the far right side. Walk up a stone pathway, step onto a brick patio to the front door. There’s a narrow front window on either side of the door and a window on the far right side of the vestibule, which has a double-entry coat closet.

Step through a French door into a large entry hall with a brick fireplace and hearth and a white wood mantel. The room has a half-bath at the back. A semi-circular staircase goes up to the second floor with a gorgeous Honduran mahogany banister that’s original to the house and was discovered by scraping away the black stain. The stairs have beautiful tiger maple treads.

Most of the floors are hardwood oak. There are crown moldings throughout and there’s enough staged furniture to give you a sense of how you might live in the house.

At the front of the house, there’s a large opening to a long living room, the length of the house’s width, with a coffered ceiling. There are five windows on the front and two windows on either side, so there’s plenty of light. A brick wood-burning fireplace has a white wood mantel, wood sides and a wood top from floor to ceiling. The hearth is made of brick.

The house has a beautiful modern dining room with a triple window, the center twice as large as each side. And on the adjoining wall, there’s a glass door and an over-sized window that’s square. There’s a lamp mounted in each corner.

A butler’s pantry with four glass doors and a window on the other side leads to a delightful kitchen. A center island, made of green Formica, faces a turn in the kitchen counter with two windows on one wall and two on the other and two equal-sized sinks below. The island extends at the back for easy eating with cabinets in the front. There’s a door to the outside, with the upper half being a window.

The appliances are all white. There’s a refrigerator and a freezer, a stove and an oven, a microwave mounted above the stove and a dishwasher.

The side room off the kitchen has a chair rail and the walls are painted white. There are two windows and a metal wood-burning fireplace with marble on the sides, the top and the mantel. The hearth is made of black marble tiles. In another direction, off the kitchen, is a laundry room with a washer and dryer and utility sink between them. All appliances are in the kitchen and laundry room and go with the house.

On the second and third floors, there are seven large size bedrooms with two to four windows per room, each with a closet and some with storage eaves as well. Two of the bedrooms have carpeting, one has a current queen bed and two have a bench under the front window.

The two floors each have a bathroom in the middle, facing front. The second-floor front bathroom has honeycombed mosaic tiles and a vintage bathtub. It has tile in the shower and on the walls up to chest level with wallpaper above. The third-floor bathroom has tile on the shower walls and ceiling.

The Realtor would recommend making a master out of the carpeted, side bedroom; a walk-in closet/dressing room out of the back room and a master bath out of the next-door bathroom in back. It has two entrances, two windows and blue tile up to waist level on the walls and on the shower’s walls and ceiling.

At the back of the kitchen is a wooden Cabana with a double window, a small upper window, a shower, a sink and toilet. The wooden floor is hand-painted.

The barn has two horse stalls with doors that can be closed, a tack room and a space for hanging riding equipment. Upstairs, there’s a large room with a large elevated box so you can bring in a horse trailer below, but you also could remove the box and install a partial or full additional floor.

There’s a new main gas boiler with two zones of hot water in baseboards and radiators and a recent roof. The house has been painted recently and has a 200-amp electrical system. It has passed Title 5 on the septic system and the town sells the owner water. There’s a security system in the house.

It is approximately a 30-minute drive from the house to Boston.

For a private showing of the residence, call Realtor David Ferrini at 774-279-1020.

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